JC>  DM> In my opinion, the "not my responsibiliy" mind set came about from 
my 
JC>  DM> generation, and how we were brought up.  (I'm 45.)
JC> 
JC>  That makes you about seven years older than my oldest. And puts your
JC>  "growing years" in the 1960s and 1970s.
Well, I graduated High School in 1970, but grew up much earlier according to 
my parents and others who've known me since childhood.  I'm one of the few 
were around in the 60's and can remember them.   (No Drugs, no Alcohol, no 
sex until I was married, etc..)
JC>  I am constantly amused by the parents of today trying to explain to 
_their
JC>  children why they (the children) can't do many of the same things 
_their_ 
JC>  parents did. (drugs, rebellion against society, civil rights movement, 
etc
JC>  Looking back, I think "it's someone else's responsibilty" was a 
_product_ 
JC>  the futility a lot of people felt during that time. No matter how much
JC>  someone _tried_ to change things, someone else was in control, hence, it 
i
JC>  now "their responsibility because _I_ tried".
You're right, the kids of my generation "tried" and gave up.  They're now the 
status quo, and the kids of today are finding the same resistance that their 
parents faced in their rebellious times.  I find it amazing that the liberals 
of the 1960's are the conservatives of today.  (Humorous as well.)
Dennis Martin
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